Category Archives: State Parks

This 1930’s era one room schoolhouse, owned by the Division of Forestry, has been renovated for the primary purpose as serving as an interpretive center to enhance recreation, the arts, cultural history and heritage of the area. The 1930s-era Hope School House is on the fringe of Zaleski State Forest near the Lake Hope

Tar Hollow State Park Tar Hollow has an unusual name which it received because it was a source of pine tar for the early settlers to the area. Tar Hollow is in the southern part of Hocking County and is shared with Vinton and Ross counties. It offers a BMX bike trail and paddle boat

Grandma Gatewood was a woman ahead of her time. She is as inspiration to me as a woman who didn’t live out her golden years in a rocking chair on a front porch. After raising eleven children on an Ohio farm, she read an article in a 1954 National Geographic magazine that stated that no

Please STAY ON THE TRAILS. Getting off the trails can and often does result in injury and death especially if one gets too close to the side of a cliff. In many of the areas of the Hocking Hills there is no cell phone service and rescue crews have a difficult time reaching people as

Each year more than 3 million people visit the Hocking Hills State Park and the number continues to grow each year. A non-profit organization has been formed in 2004 to enhance the Park’s features and the offerings that benefit all visitors. Their mission is: To foster a partnership between outdoor enthusiasts and the Hocking Hills

The Sphinx Head is a rock formation at Old Man’s Cave State Park. You can see it quite clearly from the trail and it is marked with a trail marker placed at the best vantage point to view it. The picture below shows what it looks like today and the picture that follows shows what

Cantwell Cliffs State Park Cantwell Cliffs is the northern-most of the state park areas. It is primarily a large horseshoe shaped cliff with a sheer drop-off of 150 feet. It also has a rock shelter or recess cave. The trail down to the valley floors takes you through narrow passageways between large blocks of Black

From Cleveland, Ohio: Take I-71 South to Columbus. Take 270 East toward Wheeling, WV to U.S. 33 East (Lancaster Exit) Travel East to Logan, Exit on 664 South. From Columbus, Ohio: Take U.S. 33 East through Lancaster to Logan, Ohio and then exit onto State Route 664 South. From Cincinnati, Ohio: Take I-71 North towards

The Hocking Hills “Cave Area” Ash Cave State Park [LINK] Old Man’s Cave State Park [LINK] Cedar Falls State Park [LINK] There are many other parks in Hocking County Lake Logan State Park One of the best fishing lakes in Ohio is at Lake Logan State Park. The lake has northern pike, bass, bluegill, crappie,

What a difference a year makes. Now try 75 years. This photo collection is rare. I have never seen pictures of the parks like these unless they were from a very old post card. I am a history buff and am glad I had the opportunity to preserve these photos for future generations. The Photo